Tag: fire

The fire caused tens of thousands of shekels of damage within the community.

Two homes and a stable were destroyed before firefighters were able to get the flames under control.

Fifteen fire and rescue teams from Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and surrounding stations coordinated operations to fight the blaze.

Fires broke out at numerous locations around the Jewish State due to extremely high temperatures and dry conditions in the region. It's not yet clear whether arson terror has played a part in the fires.

The Israel Fire and Rescue Services Dept. has declared an emergency situation, canceling all firefighter vacations. All firefighters were asked to report for duty.

Soldiers and firefighters who were battling the flames outside and in the base were also forced to evacuate military equipment at the same time.

The balloon, attached to a flaming Molotov cocktail, started a fire when it landed in a field .

Israeli-owned vineyards and fields in the Shiloh area in Samaria on Wednesday were consumed in a blaze ignited by Arab arsonists.

The cause of the fires was unknown.

Rivlin: “We have seen events of this kind in development countries and there are usually casualties or loss of life.”

"We are preparing with all our might for the morning when the strong winds will resume and there is a fear that the fire will also resume strongly."

Israel's Firefighting Commission has banned people from lighting fires outdoors "while these conditions prevail at reserves and parks in Israel.”

Another strong wind event now threatens to fuel the firestorm all the way into Tuesday, according to AccuWeather.

According to some eyewitnesses, rescue forces were delayed and arrived only about fifteen minutes after the fire had been reported.

“The black, toxic smoke, the heat, the limited area firefighters had to work in all made it very difficult to quickly extinguish the fire."

The Torah scrolls had been moved to a university library near the museum before the fire.

Incendiary balloons and firebomb kites are continuing to be launched at southern Israel from across the border from Gaza by Hamas terrorists.

Arson terror attacks by Palestinian Authority Arabs in both Judea and Samaria have been ongoing and increasing over the past several months.

A search was initiated to track down the terrorists.

"Children should play with balloons, not have their lives threatened by them."

COGAT: "Apparently it’s not enough to destroy nature with kites; now falcons are being used for terror as well."

When asked about the gas in the containers he was carrying, Stolper told the officers, “I bought the gas to make a small BBQ.”

The funds will come from the tax Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority under the terms of the 1994 Paris Accords signed between the sides as part of the Oslo Peace Accords.

The damage was estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars; the loss of the wheat harvest so close to the harvest has cost the farmers – and the state – dearly.

“It will not break us and we will continue to work our lands up to the last meter."

The Be’eri Forest fire had begun burning out of control early on, and raged for some six hours, according to local sources.

The burning kite ignited a blaze in an agricultural field in the Gaza Belt area.

The fire was under control by 11 pm.

"He's so connected to the community. He is a strong part of the minyan, a very religious, really hard-working guy."

When the rabbi returned with water bottles to check on his congregants he discovered that two families had already lost their homes to the flames.